Cinema

Tracklist

Feelings Gone

I used to ride up on the hill And look down at the darkenedSilhouettes of tall black windowsillsAnd my heart jumped every ledgeUntil one bright morning when I woke I heard bells, girl she gently spoke and said‘Choice my man’s to breath or chokeSo go die, or learn to hope’Get back on your way at the end of the dayUnder the fire and the rainThe whole big bloody parade until thatThat feeling, feeling’s goneYou wake up on your ownSometimes walls come caving inSometimes the world just hits your chinAnd sometimes shadows haunt your backAnd sometimes I feel so flat Then like some rare eagle on the windWell it turns and life comes bursting inAnd the earth you thought would beat you downLifts up and lights your ground Get back on your way at the end of the dayUnder the fire and the rainThe whole big bloody parade until thatThat feeling, feeling’s goneYou wake up on your own/ Lifts up and sends you homeward bound/ Lifts up and then you’re found again/ Lifts up and turns your world around/still scarred of love lived on the ledgeAnd the Earth you thought would eat you upWell it lifts you high and fills your cup/carries And right then I learnt to hope / the point of hope / I knew the way ahead/ to go/ lifts up and clears your hallowed ground*So scared that love lived on the edge /Scared of love lived on the ledge / Like love lived on the ledge/ As if my love required a ledge

bring you downLifts up, your heart just leaves the ground/and how you love your ground / high above the ground

/ and the earth you thought would end your song ‘song’/ lifts up and now . . . the feeling’s gone feelings gone

Waiting

This is the last time I will follow you This is the last time I will follow you at all Cos woman you’re my trouble And woman I’ve been trouble and despair My only care Is standing here waiting when you’re out there

The wind comes down and all our youth is in loose pagesThe wind appeared like you and left the place I’d knownNow words have lost their meaningThe words have lost their meaning and she’s boredAnd I am boredI’m standing here waiting and you don’t call

I’m standing here waiting and you don’t callI’m standing here waiting but you don’t callI’m standing here waitingYou took my time I still love you the sameBut I fell down every time that youCame, Came, CameEvery time that you came

The leaves fall gently and like autumn she brings sadnessThe leaves are left behind and winter’s in my bonesBut I won’t stand here cryingI won’t stand here crying anymoreI’m off the floor I’m standing here waiting for you that’s all

I’m standing here waiting and you don’t callI’m standing here waiting but you don’t callI’m standing here waitingYou took my time I still love you the same But I fell down every time that youCame, Came, CameEvery time that you came

Beyond All

Meet meUnderneath the neon lightWe'll goWandering into the nightThere's somethingUnderneath the beat of controlSomethingA music that is beyond all

You go to sleep you wake up you do it again And there's a beat you make up inside of your head And every street's a river be born or be dead We are all singing this song but Nobody knows how it's going to end

Kiss meIn the coolness of the nightTake meFurther from the firelightThis jungleNo-one really knows where to goSearchingFor something that is beyond allMusicA music that is beyond all

Break meUp until I'm pieces of sandBlow me upAnd scatter me across the landOur bodiesThey're hairy and they're fat and they're oldI'm searchingFor something that is beyond allMusicA music that is beyond all

On My Way

Don’t send me down the holeDon’t send me down the holeDon’t send me down the holeWhich way will it go go?

You never never knowYou never never knowYou never know the right wayTill you’ve been wrong, no

And if you want to shineAs your February clearsWould your March just disappear?

You hear it on the leftYou hear it on the leftYou hear it on the left leftLeft then the right right

You’re missing in the west You’re missing in the west You’re missing in the west You followed the black kite

And even in your dreamsThere are lights that can’t be seenAnd you’re lost in where you’ve been

Well I’m on my wayTo where I won’t look backI heard you sayWith dismayThat we’re living on the tracksI hear the trainOh oh oh oh oh oh . . .

You’re living in a lieYou’re living in a lieYou’re living in a lieWhy do you deny-i

We’re swimming in the skyWe’re swimming in the skyWe’re swimming in the skySo low and so high high And if you want to shineAs the sea looks to the starsWell you’re here, but very far!

And I'm on my wayTo where I won’t look backI heard you sayWith dismayThat we’re living on the tracksI hear the trainOh oh oh oh oh oh . . .

As your February clearsWould your March just disappear?

Well I’m on my wayTo where I won’t look backI heard you sayWith dismayThat we’re living on the tracksI hear the trainOn my wayTo where I won’t look backI heard you sayWith distainThat we’re living on the tracksI hear the trainOh oh oh oh oh oh oh

When love is goneYour thoughts are calmYour words are holyYour days are longYour blood gets colderYour face is oldAnd the days flow by like waterYou miss the stormy weatherAnd she was goldGoodness knows I justDon't like sadnessI cry before she wakesSo my friend

Shoulders

I saw you walking up the wall like the exorcistWhen you saw me there you called can you spare a Fift?I used to know you when you were small how’s it come to this?How does a happy bright boy fall into the rift?

You carried weight on your shoulders won’t you see thatYou are not inside your self, you put that evil back inside your self

I saw your Ma the other day she asked me how you wereSaid ‘One day you’ll be fine, but now you do it worse’She told me as she cried that ‘No one breaks the curse’As I looked into her eyes my heart it nearly burst

You carried weight on your shoulders, won’t you see thatYou are not inside your self, you put that evil back inside your self

And what if you breathe and see you’re good?And what if you reach out, knock on wood?I’m begging you please won’t you be understood?Won’t you release I believe you could?

And if you ever want to dream I’ll help you see the skyAnd if ever want to scream about some reason whyAnd if you ever break the seam that cuts through your disguiseI’ll love you when you’re seen and do my best to try

To carry weight off your shoulders, won’t you see thatYou are not here by yourself, please, don’t put that evil back inside yourself

And what if you breathe and see you’re good?And what if you reach out, knock on wood?I’m begging you please won’t you be understood?Won’t you release I believe you could?

CINEMA is the bands first studio release since 2007.

The album is due for release June 25 in Australia, June 29 in Canada, July 6 in the USA, and about a month later in Europe and everywhere else.

Produced by Steve Schram, and recorded at Sing Sing Studios in the bands home town of Melbourne, this is an album which shows The Cat Empire at their very best, right now.

In an age when so much of selling music seems to be about celebrity and fashion, The Cat Empire have risen to be one of Australia and indeed the worlds favourite live acts through sheer musicality and the power of their interaction on stage.

2010 sees the international release and world tour of Cinema, the band's fourth studio album. The album serves up a set which captures the inexorable force - and sheer joy - of their live performances, delivered in a format perfect for lounge-rooms, backyards, BBQ's, cafes, road trips and parties all over the world. This is music which defies definition, but has a sound all of its own.

The only thing we can tell you it is that it is incredibly infectious, undeniably uplifting and definitely danceable.Cinema is available on CD or Vinyl in our online shop.